中文注释:佛罗里达州沼泽地里,一只小鳄龟停歇在一个空前巨大的乌龟头骨上。这类庞大的爬行动物中最重的有250磅(130公斤)。通常称这类具有锥形骨架,鸟嘴般的下颚以及厚而有鳞的尾巴的动物为“龟中之恐龙”。 图片为《国家地理杂志》1999年3月号的“沼泽生物:揭开鳄龟之谜”一文而拍摄,未刊发 补充: 作者: George Grall
鳄龟 佛罗里达 图片故事:高清壁纸:英文注释:Baby Alligator Snapping Turtle, Florida, 1999 A baby alligator snapping turtle in a Florida swamp perches on the outsize skull of a record-breaking ancestor. At its largest, the monstrous reptile weighed a whopping 250 pounds (113 kilograms). With its spiked shell, beaklike jaws, and thick, scaled tail, this species is often referred to as the "dinosaur of the turtle world." (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Swamp Thing: Unmasking the Snapping Turtle," March 1999, National Geographic magazine) 随机推荐: |
